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Winston Churchill: We will cite him in our speeches
溫斯頓·丘吉爾：我們將會在我們演說中提到他
At odds with Europe, Britain pines for a strong and stable leader.
因為與歐洲不和，英國希望有一個強壯且堅韌的領導者。
In a country led by the weak and wobbly, a hulking figure from the past looms larger than ever.
在一個由軟弱并且拿不定主意的領導人帶領下的國家，曾經偉岸的形象如今更是大放異彩。
“Forward, Together”, the title of Theresa May's election manifesto, was borrowed from Winston Churchill's first speech as prime minister in the House of Commons in 1940.
《一起前進》是特蕾莎·梅的選舉宣言的標題，借用了丘吉爾在1940作為首相在議會下院的第一次演講內容。
Fans of Jeremy Corbyn claim that the crowds at Labour's rallies were as big as those drawn by the British Bulldog.
杰里米·科爾賓（Jeremy Corbyn）的粉絲稱工黨集會的人群和被摔角明星英國拳師犬（the British Bulldog）吸引過來的人一樣的多。
Liberal Democrats can choose to put a photo of him on their party membership card—never mind that he spent most of his career representing the Conservatives.
（英國）自由民主黨可以選擇將他的照片放在他們的黨員證上，而不介意他大部分的時間都是代表保守黨的。
Churchill has been invoked on both sides of the Brexit debate.
丘吉爾受到了“英國脫歐”辯論雙方的引用。
Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary and bestselling biographer of “the greatest statesman this country has produced in the last 200 years, if not ever”, opined that Churchill “would definitely campaign for us to leave”.
鮑里斯·約翰遜是外交大臣，也是丘吉爾暢銷傳記的作者，傳記稱他為“本國近200年、甚至有史以來最偉大的政治家”，他認為丘吉爾“一定會為我們發起脫歐運動”。
David Cameron noted that he “argued passionately for western Europe to come together” after the second world war, making him a Remainer.
戴維·卡梅倫則強調，丘吉爾在二戰后“充滿激情地主張西歐團結一致”，因此他一定是留歐派。
And Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit point-man, stated that Leavers had “squandered Churchill's legacy”.
歐洲議會里脫歐爭論的尖兵伏思達說脫歐派“已經揮霍了丘吉爾的遺產”。
This renewed obsession has been reflected in popular culture, too.
這種復興的迷戀也反映在主流文化中。
Recently Churchill has been hobbling across television and film screens more than ever.
最近丘吉爾比以往更加頻繁的出現在電視和電影畫面中。
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
